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BT Infinity & FTTx Discussion
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BT Retail makes its unlimited products totally unlimited
http://www.thinkbroadband.com/news/...its-unlimited-products-totally-unlimited.html
A new contract is required just to get rid of the traffic shaping.
Not worth it.
Here's the BT page with the detail.
Unlimited BT Infinity 2, introduced from 1 February 2013, with totally unlimited usage and "we won't place any speed restrictions no matter how much you upload or download, even at peak times" looks good. Same £26pm price as the old traffic shaped and FUP not truly unlimited product, which is good compared with Sky at £30pm for 80/20 too. BT Retail finally trying to be competitive and win back customers at last!
As my Infinity contract starts on 5th Feb, that's exactly what I was told I was getting!!
Seen as Infinity has been excellent for me I'm gonna re-contract so I can get the new package.
Just upgraded online, not exactly sure what's changed as it didn't say anything about removing throttling or anything. Guess I'll have to check when it gets activated on the 4th.
Just upgraded online, not exactly sure what's changed as it didn't say anything about removing throttling or anything. Guess I'll have to check when it gets activated on the 4th.
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Possibly *blush* LOL
You can do it online, just login to MYBT click my broadband and then select the upgrade option.
Shouldn't have problems streaming video at all - my speeds have been a bit up and down lately compared to what they should be but I've never seen less than 50MBit/s minimum.
I would say its better going with an ISP other than BT for FTTC tho if possible - BT's routing seems a bit odd for a lot of people (tho latency is still well within reasonable levels) and I've had the odd evening recently where websites have been a bit slow to initially respond which seems to be down to some kind of proxy or something on BT's end.
But as far as video streaming goes I can hit youtube or iplayer, etc. any time of days and it pretty much instantly starts streaming with no buffering, etc.
Wow, that chart looks impressive. This is what Virgin looks like on a good day for me:
On a bad day, minimum latency shoots up for 100ms, and I get dropped packets all over the place
though they are upgrading things, this is mine on 6 channels down and 2 up, downloading at 12.5mb as we speak so that will be rice in latency you see at 12.15am.
My Broadband Ping
I've looked at plusnet too, but everyone knows the rule. You get what you pay for. It's substantially cheaper than BT, but for what reason? I know Plusnet is owned by BT, and run independently, so why is it in some cases, more than a tenner cheaper than BT, for seemingly the same service?
Also, how accurate are the speed estimations on the plusnet and BT websites? BT claims I can get 76/20 and plusnet claims I can get 67/20. Both of which are fast enough for me, but is it a reliable estimation? Does BT still suffer from that age old problem "the further away from the exchange, the slower you speeds are"? or have they changed with the times?
Also, how accurate are the speed estimations on the plusnet and BT websites? BT claims I can get 76/20 and plusnet claims I can get 67/20. Both of which are fast enough for me, but is it a reliable estimation? Does BT still suffer from that age old problem "the further away from the exchange, the slower you speeds are"? or have they changed with the times?
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I can't explain the price difference. PN is definitely better value for money because they only use UK call centres.
The estimate should be the same and it's usually a little conservative. Distance from exchange doesn't matter. Distance from property to cabinet is the important part.
Great news. After waiting two months and re my previous post about phone line being installed but no infinity technician turning up, I called up BT today. They spoke to Openreach and they said no record of an Infinity order. The lady said she'll forward an order to a team to sort out who can hopefully do it quicker as I've been waiting.
Getting internet is always such a kerfuffle!
Getting internet is always such a kerfuffle!
What 3rd party router are people using with Infinity? The homehub 3 doesn't like a lot of streaming from the Sky+ HD box on demand & laptop streaming HD movies from upstairs and just want to get something good & reliable bu not costing the earth!